Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1930, Page 30

THE EVEXING HINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930. cial notice of the “drawback” clause, | which says: “That upon the exportation |of articles manufactured or produced BIA | in the United States with the use of im- 8 | ported materials, the full amount of the duties paid on the merchandise so used shall be refunded as drawback, less 1 . per centum of such dutles.” ? The idea might then strike him that he could manufacture his unset dia- | monds into jewel cases and rings, usinz | cheap materials as settings and export- | ing them, get all but 1 per cent of his $20,000 back. In Europe, the stoncs might be removed from their cheap set- tings to be reimported by the same dealer for $10,000. But customs officials already are on the alert for just such possible occur- { | rences. The customs service has let it By the Associated Press | be known all along the coast line at iThe 1930 tariff, cutting the diamond [ home and abroad that any such tactics duty in half, was designed to offer less | will be frowned upon. temptation to smugglers, but the law | Diamond drawbacks will not be con- Bas presented a new difficulty. | sidered as legitimate by the customs The drawback division of the customs | service unless they are backed by docu- service now must be on the alert to|ments to prove their claims. In addi chrcumvent the dealer who imported | tion to this close scrutiny into diamond- damonds under the old rate but | set articles offered for export, inspection Schemes to take advantage of the new |of unset diamonds arriving as imports ough the operation of drawback pro- | will be made for export-import involce sions. comparisons. ‘A gem merchant who six months ago | No attempts are expected to reimport fmported $100,000 worth of unset dia- |diamonds in manufactured articles, monds, paying $20.000-duty, today would |since the tariff law provides that reim- pay only $10,008 duty. | portations of manufactured articles is He might, customs officers pointed | prohibited except on payment of duties out, by perusing the tariff law, take spe- ' equal to the drawback. NATIONAL 9 Customs Service Must Now " Be on Alert Against Draw- i back Schemes. 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Loud speakers will be nesday. . | placed at vantage points about the room, The innovation will be in the nature | it was said. | of a test and, although it is feared the | acoustics of the court rooms will pre- | vent the practical use of the “mikes,” they will be used as long as construction | fork on, the new post office, OPPOSite ieremony united 72 couples. After the | The idea was proposed by a special | Céremony each couple went its own way | committee of the supreme bench of Bal- | to engage in the usual wedding festiv- | timore, which was appointed at the last |ities. The same evening they gathered | meeting of that body when complaints | again and under the guidance of a gov- | from Judges Stein, O'Dunne and Den- | ernment official they were taken in a nis were lodged. The judges sald the body to Rome, where they spent three razing of the old post office caused so |days in sightseeing. The program of | | much noise they were unable to hear |entertainment provided included audi- the testimony in cases. ences with the Pope and Mussolini. This Three microphones will be installed | was part of a national scheme to en- in each of the three divisions of the | courage marriages. Free Wedding Tours. | At Trieste recently the same wedding | FOR TOMORROW ONLY Your choice IN COURT ROOMS AT BALTIMORETWA‘I‘ERWAYS |SSUE dian reply contained assurance by Premier Bennett that he would take up the negotiations soon after his return from the imperial conference in in October. The Canadian note had | not been received at the State Depart~ | ment late today. | First Move Since 1928. | The exchange of notes was the first known move through formal diplomatic | channels since 1928. A series of com- U. 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The United States’ suggestion, however, was said authori- tatively to have been brief, merely !at the State Department commission- reiterating the willingness of this |ers will be appointed by both countries muntt;y to Dlrtoceed twllth n(eseélatlodns 3t | to scttle existing differences and draft any time was taken to Canada by | a tentative treat; Hanford MacNider, the new American | Although no formal communications Minister. 3 | between the two countries concerning Advices from Ottawa said the Cana- | the St. Lawrence project have been NATIONAL $ 1 DELIVERS An exchange of notes between the United States and Canada has initiates Await Canada’s Note. 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